Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - virginal
Virginal
virginal
adj. & n. --adj. that is or befits or belongs to a virgin. --n. (usu. in pl.) (in full pair of virginals) an early form of spinet in a box, used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Derivatives virginalist n. virginally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF virginal or L virginalis (as VIRGIN): name of the instrument perh. from its use by young women
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I. adjective Date: 15th century of, relating to, or characteristic of a virgin or virginity, pristine, unsullied , ~ly adverb II. noun Etymology: probably from Latin ~is of a virgin, from virgin-, virgo Date: 1530 a small rectangular spinet having no legs and only one wire to a note and popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, ~ist noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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